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LL didn’t always have a diesel body—he chiseled it the old-fashioned way, with hard work and discipline. Here he shares the secrets of his transformation in a uniquely creative, yet no-nonsense regimen—enlivened with humor and sheer force of personality—that will inspire readers to enjoy working out as never before, while building a body they never thought possible. The book offers four levels of fitness, from Bronze to Platinum, including:

- a 4-week beginner’s program that takes inches off the waist and boosts energy

-a 5-week program for intermediates that increases strength while maintaining muscular and cardiovascular endurance

- an advanced 9-week program that turns the body into a muscle-building and fat-burning machine—complete with 6-pack abs and as much energy as LL Cool J

- the hardcore 3-week fat-torching program LL used for the "Control Myself" video—a new level in ripped-to-the-bone fitness and sex appeal

- a special 4-week "Diamond" program for women seeking to shape up fast for summer or an upcoming event

- meal plans and recipes that fuel workouts while burning fat with food

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Editorial Reviews

Review

“LL Cool J is sharing secrets to his smoking bod in his new book.”—Star magazine

“If you’ve been pretty stagnant in your quest to finally get into mind-blowing shape and fi ne-tune your body like never before, then you must read LL Cool J’s Platinum Workout.”—Oxygen magazine

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About the Author

LL COOL J (TODD SMITH) is a three-time Grammy-winning rapper, television and movie actor, and best-selling author. With 11 consecutive platinum albums, he is considered one of a select few artists who brought rap music and hip-hop culture from the underground to the mainstream. He previously authored the best-selling I Make My Own Rules. He lives on Long Island, New York.

DAVE "SCOOTER" HONIG is a noted expert in boxing conditioning and has worked with champion athletes and celebrities for many years. He lives in New York City.

JEFF O'CONNELL, executive writer for Men's Health, recently coauthored The PowerFood Nutrition Plan. He divides his time between New York City and Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

This is a book to help you get into better shape. While the book covers stretching and cardio exercise to varying degrees, it clearly spends most of its exercise routines having the reader lift weights.

The book intends to accomplish its goal of getting you into better shape by doing it in phases, with each one having different goals (too lengthy to go into here). Phase one is the Bronze phase (5 weeks), then the Silver phase (5 weeks), followed by a Gold phase (9 weeks) and finally ends with the Platinum phase (3 weeks), where the goal is to get a body like LL's. An additional phase, the Diamond phase, is included just for the ladies.

There's a ton of info in here on just about every fitness topic and I really liked that throughout the book, there are these "rap session" sections where LL interviews experts in the fitness field and current information is shared- this is a big plus. LL fans will also like the LL trivia that is scattered throughout the book.

One of the more interesting and informative fitness books on the market, I liked it.

3. Provide shorter workout routines for those business folks who only have an hour for daily

workouts.

As the program increases and gets more involved, the demand for time also increases. For an

individual like myself, I am able to go to the gym during my lunch hour as I am usually

press for time in the evenings. Unfortunately the book doesn't provide an alternative. I can't really complain though as I have lost 15lbs in my first 8 weeks.

Overall the book is definitely (4.5 Stars) worth the money for the price. I feel the book provides great information for someone who is new to working out and good reinforcement and reference points for someone who is a gym nut.

This book has some great down to earth recommendations for getting fit in a serious, but safe way. I read some other reviews that mention the lack of adaptabilty to a home training environment. That is not true. Each workout has at home suggestions for people who are not in a gym situation, though the suggested methods are for gym goers. Also, though LL discusses his on-the-road stories and references his trainer cooking for him, etc. He mentions it to illustrate that he makes the best of sometimes bad situations. In other words, if he can attempt to eat healthy at a diner in the woods at 3am, then surely we can pass on that extra fatty burger at the drive through. His suggestions are very real world savvy. I did not get the impression that his celeb lifestyle facilitated his success in his fitness endeavor. I mean he got off a bus and ran 5 miles in the desert so he could get in his cardio because they couldn't get to a gym?! I wouldn't do that, but I would get up and workout for 45 minutes before i go to my office in the comfort of an airconditioned health club. My only complaint is that the diamond workout for women is at the end of the book and it is a 4 week plan compared to the 22 week plan for men.

Week 1 has you cleaning up your kitchen and diet first. There are no workouts.

Weeks 2 and 3 of the program are done on strength and cable machines at maintenance calories and have very little cardio. They are designed to build up a baseline of fitness and neuromuscular adaptation before the Strength, Hypertrophy, and Fat Loss segments kick in.

Weeks 4 and 5 increase weight and volume slightly for muscle endurance and transition you to free weights more and more.

Then you go into a 4 week strength phase (Weeks 6-9) with very low reps and heavy weights. Again, no scale weight loss there for me, although I could see and feel my muscles getting firmer.

Week 10 is an Active Rest week where you can pick your own activities.

Weeks 11-14 focus on hypertrophy/muscle gain building on the base of strength and endurance you've acquired. More cardio and slightly lower calories happen here, and the lifting volume is greatly increased. Workouts take longer, too. This is where I'm at in the program now, and it's where I'm finally feeling and seeing the fat loss accelerate.Read more ›